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EN 16582-3

Edition: 2013-06-01

Domestic swimming pools

Part 3: Specific requirements including safety and testmethods for aboveground pools

Schwimmbder fr private Nutzung Teil 3: Spezielle BesondereAnforderungen einschlielich sicherheitstechnischer Anforderungen und

Prfverfahren fr auf dem Boden aufgestellte Schwimmbder

Piscines prives usage familial Partie 3: Exigences spcifiques, exigencesde scurit et mthodes d'essai pour piscines hors sol

ICS 97.220.10

Identical (IDT) with prEN 16582-3:2013-04

responsible Committee 245Spa engineering

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EUROPEAN STANDARD

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prEN 16582-3

April 2013

ICS 97.220.10

English Version

Domestic swimming pools - Part 3: Specific requirementsincluding safety and test methods for aboveground pools

Piscines prives usage familial - Partie 3: Exigencesspcifiques, exigences de scurit et mthodes d'essai

pour piscines hors sol

Schwimmbder fr private Nutzung - Teil 3: SpezielleBesondere Anforderungen einschlielich

sicherheitstechnischer Anforderungen und Prfverfahrenfr auf dem Boden aufgestellte Schwimmbder

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 402.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations whichstipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other languagemade by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC ManagementCentre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and UnitedKingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and toprovide supporting documentation.

Warning: This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice andshall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page

Foreword ..............................................................................................................................................................3

1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................4

2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................4

3 Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................4

4 Requirements and test methods specific to above-ground swimming pool ..................................74.1 Above-ground swimming pool with frame-supporting walls ............................................................7

4.1.1 Resistance to horizontal deformation .................................................................................................74.1.2 Resistance to vertical deformation ......................................................................................................84.1.3 Bursting strength ...................................................................................................................................8

4.2 Aboveground swimming pool with self-stabilising walls ............................................................... 10

4.2.1 Capacity to stop an overflow ............................................................................................................. 104.2.2 Inflatable compartment ...................................................................................................................... 104.2.3 Stability in the event of deflation of the upper tube ........................................................................ 10

4.2.4 Bursting strength ................................................................................................................................ 114.3 Mechanical strength of the membrane of a swimming pool with tubular frame and/or

flexible structure ................................................................................................................................. 114.4 Specific requirements for secured access points to the pool ....................................................... 12

4.4.1 General ................................................................................................................................................. 124.4.2 Ladders with lifting access ................................................................................................................ 124.4.3 Ladders with retractable access ....................................................................................................... 12

4.4.4 Means of access to the deck (ladder or stairs) ................................................................................ 134.5 Other requirements............................................................................................................................. 13

Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

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Foreword

This document (prEN 16582-3:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 402 Domesticpools and spas, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.

This document is part of a series of standards dealing with domestic swimming pools which consist of:

Part 1: general requirements including safety and test methods;

Part 2: specific requirements including safety and test methods for inground pools;

Part 3: specific requirements including safety and test methods for aboveground pools.

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1 Scope

This part of EN 16582-3 specifies the specific safety and quality requirements and test methods for domesticaboveground swimming pools in addition to the general requirements of EN 16582-1 and shall be read in

conjunction with it. The requirements of this specific standard take priority over those in EN 16582-1.

These requirements and test methods are applicable to aboveground pool structure, including their means ofaccess.

This document applies to pools with a minimum water depth more than 400 mm.

This standard does not apply to:

pools of public use covered by EN 15288-1;

paddling pools according to EN 71-8;

domestic spas.

2 Normative references

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and areindispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

EN 14843, Precast concrete products Stairs.

EN 1875-3, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of tear strength Part 3: Trapezoidal

method.

EN ISO 4674-2, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of tear resistance Part 2: Ballisticpendulum method. (ISO 4674-2)

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 16582-1 and the following apply.

3.1frame

all of the resistant parts that support and/or reinforce the wall in view of forming the peripheral structure (seeFigure 1)

3.2wallseparating surface forming the walls of a closed enclosure with a more or less vertical appearance anddelimiting the pool

3.3frame-supported wallwall whose stability is ensured solely by the constitutive elements supplied and which does not requireadditional reinforcement for its resistance to internal pressure (see Figure 1)

Note 1 to entry: Foundation or ground-anchoring elements are not considered as reinforcements.

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